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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Fetal Cardiology
Important in evaluation of high risk pregnancies.
Information obtainable in > 95% of patients attempted.
Allows for assessment of developmental cardiovascular physiology.
Appropriate management depends on strong collaboration between subspecialists:
perinatology ultrasonography genetics pediatric cardiology obstetrics internal medicine neonatology cardiac surgery
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Fetal Circulation
Placenta: low resistance circuit, organ of gas exchange, nutrient supply.
Lungs: high resistance, non-functional, breathing important.
Brain development is primary!
Shunt pathways:
Foramen ovale
Ductus arteriosus
Ductus venosus
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Fetal Circulation
Shunt Pathways:
Ductus venosus: bypasses
fetal liver
Foramen ovale: R-L shunt
across atrial septum
Ductus arteriosus: bypasses
high resistance (non-
aerated) lungs
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Transitional circulation
Separation from low resistance placenta
– >> increased SVR
– low flow constricts ductus venosus
First breath expands lungs
– >> decreased PVR
– increased pulmonary blood flow
– increased LA pressure closes PFO
– increased PaO2 >> constricts PDA
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Fetal Echocardiography
First observations of normal cardiac anatomy utilizing M-mode by Winsberg in 1972.
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease by Kleinman, et al (and others) in 1980.
High resolution cross-sectional scanners allow real-time directed utilization of:
Two-dimensional imaging
Pulsed & color flow Doppler
M-mode
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Diagnostic capabilities
Cardiac ultrastructure
2 - dimensional, M - mode
Vascular & intracardiac flow patterns
Color, pulsed & continuous wave Doppler
Cardiac rate and rhythm
M – mode & Doppler evaluation of electromechanical events.
Myocardial function
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Indications
Fetal factors:
IUGR
Arrhythmia
Hydrops fetalis
Abnormal genetic screen
Extracardiac anomalies – nuchal translucency
Diminished fetal movement
Abnormal 4 - chamber screen
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Indications
Maternal factors:
CHD
Poly/oligo - hydramnios
Diabetes
Collagen vascular disease
Teratogen exposure
Pre - eclampsia
Advanced parental age
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Indications
Familial factors:
CHD
Genetic syndromes;
Marfan
Noonan
Ellis van Crevald
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Tuberous sclerosis
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Fetal echocardiography
No known adverse fetal effects
Optimal timing – 16 -22 wks
– Diagnosis possible at 12-14 wks
No uniformly accepted approach
– 4-chamber screen
– Addition of great vessels/outflow tracts
– Association with increased nuchal translucency
(>99%ile >>> 3-5x risk of CHD)
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Technique
Establish fetal lie, complete level II.
Cardiac & abdominal situs.
Fetal heart rate and rhythm.
Four chamber view.
(92% sensitivity, 99% specificity)
Segmental approach for venous and arterial connections and Doppler flow patterns:
Systemic, pulmonary veins
AV valves
LV, RV outflow tracts
Aortic, ductal arch
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Four Chamber view
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LV outflow tract
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RV outflow tract
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Systemic venous confluence
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Aortic and Ductal arch
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Aortic arch
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Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Doppler flow patterns
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Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Sinus rhythm – Doppler
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
AV Canal Defect
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Tricuspid valve dysplasia
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Intracardiac rhabdomyoma
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Arrhythmias
Isolated extrasystoles
Sustained arrhythmia:
Any irregular rhythm, or any regular rhythm outside the normal fetal range of 100 - 160 bpm, and not associated with uterine contraction.
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Arrhythmias
Indications for Fetal Arrhythmia Evaluation Suspected arrhythmia Non-immune hydrops fetalis (esp heterotaxy syndromes, corrected transposition)
Fetal cardiac tumors
Maternal collagen vascular disease Maternal medications/toxins that may predispose fetus to arrhythmia
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Arrhythmias
Isolated extrasystoles (benign)
Tachycardia:
SVT: > 90 % reentry (AVRT)
Atrial flutter / fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia (rare)
Bradycardia:
High degree AV block associated with collagen vascular disease or complex CHD.
Hydrops indicates poor prognosis.
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Arrhythmias: M-mode
SVT Atrial Flutter
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Arrhythmias
Progression of fetal CHF:
atrial dilation (AV valve regurgitation)
liver engorgement
peripheral edema &/or ascites
polyhydramnios
fetal demise
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Therapeutics
Consideration for intervention must incorporate:
in utero and postnatal natural history of lesion.
risk / benefit for both mother and fetus.
Arrhythmias:
sustained vs intermittent
transplacental (oral, IV) vs direct (PUBS)
knowledge of electrophysiologic mechanism.
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Therapeutics
Tachycardias:
SVT – digoxin, type IA (procainamide, quinidine) type IC (flecainide)
Atrial fib / flutter - digoxin, type IA, type III (amiodarone)
VT - type IB (lidocaine, mexilitene, amiodarone)
Bradycardia:
? steroids, plasmapheresis, pacemaker ???
Early delivery?!?
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Does antenatal diagnosis make a difference?
Obstetric decisions:
– parental reassurance (~95% for ‘follow-up’ patients)
– amniocentesis, genetic counseling (20 - 38 % aneuploid)
– search for other anomalies
– frequency of follow – up
– ? termination
– time, mode, place of delivery
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Does antenatal diagnosis make a difference?
Neonatal decisions:
– appropriate facility, staff
– need for prostaglandin infusion – avoid circulatory collapse in duct dependant lesions
– very difficult to prove/quantitate survival or outcomes benefit except for:
HLHS
Coarctation
TGA
– Counseling !!!
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Prenatal counseling
Know local nursery results
Know local surgical results
– Inter-stage morbidity and mortality
Long term outcomes
– Physical
– Neurologic
– Family dynamics
Allows families to prepare for challenges of ‘altered normality’
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Fetal intervention
Fetal interventional catheterization:
1991-Maxwell, et al in utero balloon aortic
valvuloplasty. 4 patients, 5 attempts; 1 survivor.
2004-Marshall, et al. 20 attempts for patients with
fetal aortic stenosis, 14 technically successful
3 HLHS prevented ??
12 HLHS
5 demise: 3 in utero, 1 previable, 1 termination
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Fetal Intervention
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Fetal Intervention
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
Lloyd R. Feit M.D.
Fetal intervention
Critical aortic stenosis / HLHS
– 85 attempts (~15% fetal demise)
– ~ 80% technically successful
– ~ 33% get to 2 ventricle repair!
Intact atrial septum
– 25 attempts (~10% fetal demise)
– ~90% technical success
– ~33% avoid emergent cath at birth
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Future Directions
Results are likely to improve
– Better patient selection, timing
– Improved instrumentation
– Experience - - learning curve
Ethical issues
– Can a pregnant woman really give informed consent??
– What about dad??
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Introduction to Fetal Medicine
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Two ventricles are better than one!
“Human subtlety will never devise an invention
more beautiful, more simple or more direct than
does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing
is lacking and nothing is superfluous.”
Leonardo da Vinci